Search Tips

Wildcards: * (unlimited characters) ? (one character) $ (one or no character)
Connectors: AND, OR. NOT, SAME
Proximity: place phrases in quotes; use SAME to find two terms in the same field or sentence.
 

Search Help

Searching Help
 

Alerts

Alerts Setup
 

Title Lists

Title Lists
 

EndNote

EndNote Exporting and Importing
 

Selected Research Guides

What does it do?

Web of Science Smart Search matches your search words and author names to documents and researchers in the database and offers recommended search terms from the Web of Science indexes.  Smart Search can also translate queries from selected languages.  

In November 2025, Smart Search will become the default search for Web of Science; advanced search will still be available. 

How does it work?

Your search query is processed by the Web of Science Natural Language Processing (NLP) parser, which identifies key entities such as author names, topics, and researcher IDs to ensure accurate retrieval.

The parsed information is used to build a structured Web of Science (WOS) query to retrieve either documents or researchers.  

Boolean operators AND, OR, NOT and phrases can be understood by Smart Search.  

Where do I find it? 

In Web of Science, choose the tab for Smart Search.  

Where can I find out more?

Visit the Web of Science Help Center article on Smart Search.  

How can I give feedback on this tool? 

Email us at refer@uark.edu with your feedback.